This one from Garry Kasparov comes from The Other Russia:
The window of opportunity for Obama to take advantage of the world’s curiosity and goodwill will be small. The crises we face are too big; the next US president will not enjoy much of a grace period.Obama would be halfway there simply by virtue of not being George W. Bush who, rightly in some cases and wrongly in others, has come to symbolise every problem anyone has ever had with the US, Americans and US power abroad. (...)
He could get off to a good start by making it clear he does not consider the people of Russia to be the enemy of the US. As in most authoritarian states, the Putin regime does not represent most of its citizens. Kremlin propaganda works hard to present the US as Russia’s adversary. Obama could strike a blow against that image by speaking out against dictatorial leaders in Russia and across the world.
Then those words must be quickly followed up with deeds.
"He could get off to a good start by making it clear he does not consider the people of Russia to be the enemy of the US."
Why would he possibly want to do that, when it's a false conclusion? The people of Russia ARE the enemies of the US, until they stop electing proud KGB spies to govern them and turning a blind eye as those spies buzz Americans with nuclear bombers.
If Obama has the slightest clue, he'll demand that the people of Russia be held accountable for the actions of the government they have elected.
Kasparov is rapidly becoming the new Yavlinsky, not merely irrelevant but harmfully taking the spotlight away from those who might actually take serious action to challenge the Putin regime. He's reduced to churning out columns in the foreign press, and not even doing a good job of that any more.